“Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.”

“On the basis of the eternal will of God we have to think of EVERY HUMAN BEING, even the oddest, most villainous or miserable, as one to whom Jesus Christ is Brother and God is Father; and we have to deal with him on this assumption. If the other person knows that already, then we have to strengthen him in the knowledge. If he does no know it yet or no longer knows it, our business is to transmit this knowledge to him.”

“There are so many things to know and learn. She reads...and finds comfort in the fact that she will never run out of books.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”